Poster Session 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018

Program Chairs: Klaus Wolter , CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder ; Owen H. Shieh , Joint Typhoon Warning Center ; Tanja E. Fransen , NOAA/NWS ; Thomas Bedard , AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions

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Monday, 7 January 2019

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019

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Session 1
2018 Hurricane, Cyclone, and Typhoon Season: Session I
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
8:30 AM
1.1
2018 Supertyphoons: A Comparison of Precipitation Estimates across the Western Pacific
Jessica Sutton, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA; and V. Lakshmi and K. Lanyon
9:15 AM
1.3

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019

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Session 2
2018 Hurricane, Cyclone, and Typhoon Season: Session II
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
10:30 AM
2.1
NASA Earth Science Activities Supporting Analysis and Response to Hurricanes Florence and Michael
Andrew L. Molthan, MSFC, Huntsville, MD; and J. R. Bell, H. M. Goodman, R. T. Albertson, G. W. Bawden, D. Borges, B. Chapman, M. Glasscoe, D. S. Green, M. Jackson, D. Kirschbaum, J. Kirkendall, M. Jo, G. W. Layne, Y. Lou, B. Osmanoglu, N. Sardinha Pinto, M. Román, L. A. Schultz, J. Seepersad, R. M. Shrestha, J. C. Struve, N. P. Thomas, V. Thompson, T. Yao, and S. H. Yun
10:45 AM
2.2
2018 sUAS Operations into Tropical Cyclones
Joseph J. Cione, NOAA, Miami, FL; and G. H. Bryan, E. A. Kalina, A. Aksoy, K. E. Ryan, B. A. Dahl, G. deBoer, J. A. Zhang, E. J. Dumas Jr., and B. B. Baker

11:00 AM
2.3
Coastal Radar Observations and Impacts of Hurricanes Florence and Michael (2018)
Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. DeHart and T. Y. Cha
11:15 AM
2.4
Satellite and Ground-Based Precipitation Retrievals during Hurricane Landfalls
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. A. Petersen, J. Wang, G. J. Huffman, and D. B. Wolff

11:30 AM
2.5
11:45 AM
2.6
Historical Perspective on Rainfall from Hurricane Florence
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019

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Session 3
2018 Hurricane, Cyclone, and Typhoon Season: Session III
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions
2:30 PM
3.3
An Overview of Utility Company Emergency Preparedness during Two Significant Hurricanes
Robert W. Pasken, Saint Louis Univ., Saint Louis, MO; and R. Woodford, M. Lewis, M. Roark, and A. Margevich
2:45 PM
3.4
3:00 PM
3.5
A Storm of Information: Twitter Data from Hurricanes Florence and Michael
Adam M. Rainear, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and K. A. Lachlan and C. A. Palombo
3:30 PM
3.7
The Saffir–Simpson Scale: Simple, Straightforward, and Insufficient
Kyra Bryant, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN; and A. Musinguzi and M. Akbar

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

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Session 4
Major Weather Impacts of 2018: Global Events
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
8:30 AM
4.1
Global Weather and Climate Extremes of 2018 (Invited Presentation)
Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
9:15 AM
4.3
Extreme Drought of 2018 in Central Europe: Evaluation and Predictability
Petr Stepanek, Global Change Research Center, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic; and M. Trnka, P. Zahradnicek, and P. Skalak
9:30 AM
4.4
The Odd One Out: The Story of a Tornado Outbreak in Southern Iceland
Elín B. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Session 5
Major Weather Impacts of 2018: Session II
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 6
Major Weather Impacts of 2018: Session III
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
1:30 PM
6.1
The Decimation of a U.S. Rainfall Record
Terrence John Corrigan Jr., Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and T. Cherubini, S. Businger, K. Kodama, and P. S. Chu
1:45 PM
6.2
Synoptic Analysis of the Epic Rainstorm in Kauai on 14–16 April 2018
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Powell and E. A. Betterton
2:00 PM
6.3
Western North Carolina Sets Record in May 2018 for Wettest Month
Ward Seguin, Riverside Technology inc., Etowah, NC; and G. Smith

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Session 7
Major Weather Impacts of 2018: Session IV
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Thomas Bedard, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
3:45 PM
7.4
The 2018 Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Season (Invited Presentation)
Russell S. Schneider, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and P. T. Marsh

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Poster Session
Major Weather Impacts of 2018 Poster Session
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2018
582
Observational Strategies toward Capturing Peak Wind Speeds in Landfalling Hurricanes
Marty Bell, WeatherFlow, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Woll, F. Masters, J. Schroeder, and T. McGee

583
3-km HFV3 Forecasts of High-Impact 2018 Atlantic and Pacific Hurricanes
Andrew Hazelton, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL; and X. Zhang, S. Gopalakrishnan, and W. Ramstrom

584
The U.S. and Global Climate Conditions of 2018 in Historical Perspective
Jake Crouch, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and D. S. Arndt, A. Sanchez-Lugo, C. Fenimore, and R. R. Heim Jr.

587
Impact of Landfalling Hurricane on Rainfall and Flood: Prototyping Use of GTPAS on Near-Real-Time GOES-16 Data
Long Chiu, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and J. L. Kinter III, X. Hao, Q. Liu, Z. Chester, G. Stearn, and M. Aliani

588
590
Hurricane Categories Depending on Their Winds in Context of Warming Climate: Using a Right-Tail L-Probability Distribution Function
Wanli Wang, Wuhan Univ.,China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan Regional Climate Center,Yunnan Univ., wuhan, China
Manuscript (436.7 kB)

591
Supporting Policymakers with Assessments of Long-Term Risks and Adaptation Strategies for Recovery from Hurricane Michael Using the Island City on a Wedge
Robert L. Ceres Jr., The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and C. E. Forest and K. Keller

594
Guiding Hurricane Michael Recovery: Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Census Data Tools
Andrew W. Hait, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

Handout (2.4 MB) Handout (1.4 MB)

595
Rapid Inland Flood Situational Awareness Using Forecasted Precipitation Data
David R. Judi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and C. L. Rakowski, X. Li, and Y. Feng

597
Hurricane Michael's Surface Wind Field at Landfall
Mark D. Powell, Risk Management Solutions, Tallahassee, FL

598
Anatomy of a Rare South Texas Snowstorm: 7–8 December 2017
Michael E. Buchanan, NWS, Corpus Christi, TX

Handout (7.7 MB)

602
Extremely Hot Summer of 2018 and Its Observed Impacts within the Urban Environment of the City of Prague
Pavel Zahradnicek, Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences , Brno, Czech Republic; and P. Skalak and P. Stepanek

603
Communication of Snow Events in South-Central Texas
Kristina Deleon, Univ. of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX; and G. J. Mulvey and T. Springer

604
A Year in the Life of an Impact-Based Warning System
Elín B. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland

605
Forecasting a 2018 Severe Rainstorm in Shanghai: The Role of Convection across the Gray Zone
Rui Wang, East China Normal Univ., Shanghai, China; and F. Qiao, X. Z. Liang, Q. Li, and H. Zhang

606
Developing Multiseasonal Analogs for Top Washington, D.C., Area Windstorms
Anthony Sagliani, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD

607
Multivariate Models to Estimate Hydrometeorological Extremes Risk
Salaheddine El Adlouni, Univ. de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

608
The 2018 Extreme Heat Wave Characteristics over East Asia
Ki-Hong Min, Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Bae, D. H. Cha, and M. I. Lee

609
Forecasting Volcanic Air Pollution during the Historic 2018 Lower East Rift Zone Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawaii
Lacey Holland, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, T. Elias, A. K. Pattantyus, and T. Cherubini

610
Optical Lightning Characteristics of 2018 Atlantic Hurricanes from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield, S. N. Stevenson, and A. Fierro